Orlando Sentinel Profiles George Zimmerman’s PF-9

There’s not a lot that’s newsworthy going on in the Trayvon Martin case these days. George Zimmerman’s out on bail and, you’d have to assume, preparing for his trial with his attorneys. With so little happening in such a high profile case, what’s a news organization to do? Well, orlandosentinel.com decided to fill up some column inches with an exposé of the gun Zimmerman was carrying that dark and stormy night, a Kel Tec PF-9. Somehow they managed to get through the entire piece without asking the gun what it thinks about its role in history . . .

They do get the impressions of a number of people, though, like someone who actually makes PF-9s for Kel Tec.

“I like the way it feels. I like the way it shoots. It’s comfortable in my hand,” said Nikki Epps, a supervisor who works on the Kel-Tec assembly line and has used one for three years.

As the author notes ominously, the gun was designed to be hidden.

“It is not a police-duty gun. It is not a target pistol. It is not made for hunting,” said Sean Caranna, executive director of Florida Carry, a nonprofit group that lobbies for the right of gun owners to carry sidearms in the open. “It is a self-defense firearm.”

Translation: It’s designed to shoot people at short range.

Problem with that?

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Because the Sentinel is pushing the meme that the Second Amendment is all about target shooting and hunting, all with prior police approval. Self defense isnt part of that silly constitution stuff; it will be unnecessary anyway once the lion lies down with the lamb, I mean, once we’ve made guns illegal.

Prime example why the gun grabbers will never be satisfied and why the eventuality of their logic is total disarmament.

There is no gun that is just right. There will always be something to nitpick about any gun. “Assault clips” have too much ammo and kill as many people as possible. Kel Tec (and similar) are too small and easily hidden. “Sniper Rifles” have too much range and power. Hi Points and “Saturday Night Specials” are too cheap and disposable. Semi-autos fire too quickly (see “assault clips”)

On a sidenote, I was thoroughly impressed with the articles use of proper lingo. Chamber, magazine, trigger pull, round…

Considering the increase in gun ownership and application for cc permits, the OS’s non-creative and biased approach to providing meaningless filler for its paper probably either bored most people (enough of TM stories already) or slightly insulted its readers that own guns or want to buy one or two.

“It is not a police-duty gun. It is not a target pistol. It is not made for hunting,” said Sean Caranna, executive director of Florida Carry, a nonprofit group that lobbies for the right of gun owners to carry sidearms in the open. “It is a self-defense firearm.”

So, am I reading this right? This guy, ostensibly a gun rights advocate, is crapping all over this gun because it’s a small gun, so that ideally he can say, “This is why open carry should be legal, because then people wouldn’t squirrel away these little sneaky ones,” thus furthering his cause? That’s what I got out of this quote. Was I supposed to get something else?

“It is not a police-duty gun. It is not a target pistol. It is not made for hunting,” said Sean Caranna, executive director of Florida Carry, a nonprofit group that lobbies for the right of gun owners to carry sidearms in the open. “It is a self-defense firearm.”

Translation: It’s designed to shoot people at short range.

An unwanted dangerous gun with no socially redeeming values! Ban them all now!